Confidence
Week #12
Scripture Reference: Hebrews 11:1 (NLT)
Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen;
it gives us assurance about things we
cannot see.
I’ve started rereading a book about
Smith Wigglesworth, who was an evangelist in the early 1900’s. The stories that have been told about him are
amazing. He truly believed that God could work through him. Miracle after
miracle were completed through Smith Wigglesworth by God, but the story that
has stuck out to me the most was a simple story. It was a simple faith step that he made seem
so easy because of his confidence that our Heavenly Father would take care of
him.
Book:
Wigglesworth: A Man Who Walked with God
Author:
George Stormont
Pg
13
“Another evening, my wife drove Wigglesworth
to a meeting in another church, and on the way home, the car broke down. He was
unperturbed. He just talked to “Father”, and very soon help appeared in the
form of a man who had been at the meeting. The man arranged for the car to be
taken care of then brought Wigglesworth and my wife home.”
This story really convicted me. He
had so much confidence that Father God would take care of him that it didn’t
even faze him when the car broke down. This is a level of faith that I am still
striving to attain. I am not going to lie, the day after I read this story I
was faced with an opportunity where I had to choose between being confident in
my Heavenly Father and being confident in life’s circumstances. I did not pass
this test. We had received a rather large bill in the mail and my initial
reaction was not calm and thankful that God takes care of us. My initial
reaction was panic. My mood stunk and I was stressed. Eventually I remembered
reading this story and was so convicted because I had the opportunity to trust
and be confident in God and instead I leaned on my own abilities. I’ve got to
tell you, my abilities are nothing compared to God’s abilities. Long story
short, turns out we didn’t even owe the money on the bill. It had already been paid.
I allowed myself to become stressed over nothing. I allowed “nothing” to ruin
my morning.
Here is my point…Are you confident
in our Heavenly Father on a daily basis? Are you confident that He will take
care of you in the small things? Matthew 6:30 says “And if God cares so wonderfully for
wildflowers that are here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, he will
certainly care for you. Why do you have so little faith?” After reading this
scripture it is such a silly thought that we would fret over the little things.
God knows what you need. He knows you need food, clothing and numerous other
things for survival. The Bible says that He will care for you. You can
absolutely be confident in the fact that He takes care of you. So, the next
time your car breaks down or you receive an unexpected bill in the mail you can
be confident that God has set up the provision to take care of the situation.
Why is this so important? If we cannot be confident in
our Heavenly Father when our car breaks down, how will we be confident in Him
when something major happens? Those everyday day trials that give you the
opportunity to trust and be confident in God are practice for when we go
through the major things. We need to learn to trust Him through the little
things so that we can trust Him through the big things such as infertility. As
I’ve discussed in previous blogs infertility can become overwhelming. It can
consume your every thought. However, we do not need to allow it to become that
way because we can be confident that our Heavenly Father will take care of us.
We need to learn to be confident in Him
through the little things
so that we can be confident in Him
through the big things.
WEEKLY ASSIGNMENT:
This week take
the time to recognize the opportunities that you have to trust in God. Thank
Him for taking care of you.
